The host gene for intronic U17 small nucleolar RNAs in mammals has no protein-coding potential and is a member of the 5'-terminal oligopyrimidine gene family

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 4509-4518

  Pelczar, Pawel ^a   Filipowicz, Witold ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EXON; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0031878107     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.8.4509     Document Type: Article

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